Greetings!

Greetings from your very own Nomadic friend… Its been a while eh?? Well have been havin too much fun, so havent really found the time to update the blog.. Well so here goes a gist of what i’ve been up to… Well to begin with the rip started perfectly well and leaving life wasnt as difficult as i thught it could be.. Infact I opened up to a nomadic existenceas soon as i stepped out from my house. Headed stright for Jaipur, my first stop on the Great Indian Adventure. The Pink City as they call it, isnt as pink as it used to be or should be. Found the city instantly and stuggled to find the pink for a couple of days. Was denied a room in a hotel owing to the fact that my name doesnt sound Indian. WTF. Hated it and so left for Ajmer to see the Salim Chisti Dargah. A sufi dargah known to loads of people a a great Sufi monument. But as always and as expected was asked for money at the gate for leaving my stuff and my shoes etc etc etc. Got annoyed and dint even stay for a moment and walked striaght for Pushkar. Yea! you heard me right walked to Pushkar.Been walkin loads actually. Pushkar was fucking awesome just like everyone said it was. Loved it. Apart from the fact that I got thrown out of a ghat for not paying a stupid priest to make a prayer for me and my family at the Rate of 150/family member. I got quite used to Pushkar and met loads of travellers from many countries. Quite a sociable place this Pushkar.Made some good friends and hung out loads. Had loads of Bhang lassies and walked for hours in the countryside stoned 🙂 Even got locked out of my guest house twice for coming late. Late in Pushkar is anything after 11:00 or 11:30. So slept on the streets. An amazing experience to say the least.Pushkar was great and so spent a few days there… Met up with some people and heard about a place called bundi. Many said it was worth a visit and so headed for Bundi. Wasnt dissapointed even for a moment. Bundi was great. Small, quite, obscure town that had one of the most beautiful countrysides ever. Was travelling with a swiss gal so was happy to share the cost of transport etc. We did two waterfall hunts in bundi. One 16 kms away, called Rameshwaram by bicycle and the other 40 kms aways whic be rode down on a bike. truly sublime… Welli have to go now and will complete and update the rest of this story later…. For the moment im in Jaiselmer.. stuill have to tell you all about Chittorgarh, udaipur, joadhpur, mt.abu and jaiselmer..

Nomadic Inclinations

For so long have I dreamed life,

That my realities now seem unclear.

My life, my truths and my existence all seem so blurred.

I am not afraid any more, I have made my choice.

Soon I will walk the earth; soon I walk into the unknown and out of this urban wild.

I may one day be called a martyr or a legend,

Just another statistic or a man forgotten by time.

But I do this for myself, for the very thoughts that crowd my mind.

I do it for the words that have enriched me, the sights that have fulfilled my soul.

For the faces that have made me smile for the whole wide waiting world.

No boundaries or barriers, a world without strangers.

No fears, no inhibitions, just a man and the open road.

Just a man and new experiences.

Just a man and his nomadic inclinations.

— Ivan “NOMAD” Pinto